The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1887-05-07
EASTERN MAINE UNDER WATER.
The Floods Prevent Communication
With Aroostook and Washing
ton Counties.
Rumor That Two Men Were Drowned
Confirmed.
Tons of Mall Collecting in the san
gor Post office.
especial to the Press.]

| bANGOR, MAY O.--0lA bOho Va CApltoS
| freight which had accumulated here
was taken by the American Express
| Company back to Portland, and was
| then sent to its destination in the Provinces.
A large amount of express freight for the
Aroostook region is piled up here. The
amount of mail which is in the post Office is
enormous. There is no prospect that the
freshet will abate so that the trains can
make connection with the st. John trains
before Monday or Tuesday. Never in the
history of down east railroading has such a
condition of things been known. 1t will cost
large sum OF money to repair the washouts
on the Maine Central, Bangor and Piscata-
quis and Katahdin Iron Works Railroads
The track in places is covered with water to
depth of four feet Several of the small
bridges have been swept away, the large
structures all standing intact 1t is impos-
sible to get at the exact state of things in
the eastern part of the State as there are so
many places which have no telegraphic COM
munication. The immense body of snow
in the woods continues to melt and help
| swell the angry floods Lumbermen look
blue as the reports of logs being carried into
swamps and far out into fields come to hand.
| The loss to lumbermen increases daily, and
severe freshet following hard winter
seems indeed hard lines.
Last night the mails for Washington and
Aroostook counties :were sent through via
Ellsworth and the people of those sections
will experience much relief.
| In Piscataquis county there is still two and
| a half feet of snow in the woods and good
snow shoeing is reported.
| BANGOR, May The Penobscot is still
| rising slowly at the water works dam in
Bangor. The river has come up an inch and a
half this morning and more damage is
greatly feared.
A Winn despatch to TIE Commercial says
that the name of one of the rivermen who
were drowned in the freshet at that place is
Charles Stewart. The last name of the other
is Bryant. Both of the men belonged at st.
Stephen, n B. Fifty thousand logs have
been carried away at Mattawamkeag The
water at Danforth has been eighteen inches
higher than ever known before. bnt il fell
five inches last night.
A despatch from Mattawamkeag this after
noon states the damage to the Kingman tan
merry is $20,Cc0, and that more than mile of
railroad track at that place is under water
The depth in some places is six feet An en-
gine from Vanceboro had arrived Jas far as
Meadow Brook. The water at Mattawam-
keag has risen about two feet the last two
days and is still rising, Mr.. Hunnewell, a
theological student, j. H. Manion of Auburn,
and an Indian guide, came from Lincoln TO
Oldtown in a canoe Thursday. Many farm
houses on the bank of the river are sub
merged. They had smooth run over the
RIPS" Islands usually high above water
are now covered. The station at Passadum-
keag is surrounded by water. There is no
floating ice or logs in the river. There is not
boom in the river; the piers are all under
water. The water at the Water Works dam
remains about the same. There has not been
over an inch and half rise in twenty-four
hours. Several tons of mail matter for the
Provinces was sent tonight to Portland by
order of Superintendent Dame to be forward
ed by steamer. Chief Clerk Cochran will
take the up river mails to Oldtown in the
where the train comes down from Mattawam-
keag to place above the break at Costigan'
CALAIS, May 6.-Calais has been without
news from the outside world since last Sat
urday. A letter mail came by steamer yes
terday, but no newspapers. 1t is doubtful if
railroad communication will be restored be-
fore next week.